Improvement in sash-holders



PatentedSep. 19,1871.

Inventbr Witnesses:

FFICE.

.ATENT JAMES F. RIOKEL, OF BYRON, ILLINOIS.

' IMPROVEMENT IN SASH- l-IOLDE'RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 119,050, datedSeptember 19, 1871.

To all whom vit may concern: u l i Be it known that I, JAMES F. RIGKEL,of Byron, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois,

` have invented a new and useful Improvement'm the independent movementofthe other; and consists in certain details of construction, as will befully described hereinafter.

In the drawing, Figure l represents a perspective view of my improvedwindow-fastener attached to a window 5 Fig. 2, a view of the fasteningdetached.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my inventioml willnow proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

A represents a plate provided with projecting arms a a', as shown. b' blrepresent bolts attached to the lower side of the plate A upon the armsa a', and secured thereto in any `proper manner. These Vbolts areprovided at one extremity with ends b2 b3, which project throughsuitable slots in the plate, as shown, and at the other extremity theirends are bent to form re cesses b4 b4, as shown. c c represent springsplaced upon the bolts b b1, and so arranged as to force the bolts towardthe inner edge of the plate. d represents a pivoted bar, the arms ofwhich rest in the recesses b4 of the bolts, as shown. The pivot of thebar d extends through the plate, and has attached to its upper side anoperatinglever and handle d', as shown. The plate is attached to the ameof the window in suitable recesses in any proper manner. The long arm aextends far enough to bring its bolt in contact with the face of theupper sash, while the short arm extends to the lower sa-sh. The sashesmay be provided with grooved bars, as shown, or the sashes themselvesmay be grooved. It is desirable, also, that each sash should have arecess arranged to receive the bolt, said recess being located oppositethe bolt when the sash is fully closed.

The operation is as follows: The bolts rest, when the sashes are closed,in the recesses provided for them, and thus securely prevent the sashesfrom being opened from the outside. When it is desired to raise andlower them the lever d is operated, by which means either bolt is drawnin, according to the movement of the lever, and one of the sashes isfree to move. A downward movement of the lever frees the upper sash andan upward movement the lower sash.

It will be observed that the operation of one bolt does not aifect theother, each being independent of the other, although operated by thesame lever.

The device described is simple in construction, and therefore can becheaply manufactured. It is also exceedingly effective in its operation.

j Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The sash-holder described, consisting of the plate A with projections 'aa', bolts b1 b1 with ends b2 b3 projecting through slots in the plate,

and having springs c c, as shown, pivoted bar el moving in recesses I)b, arm d., in combination with the racks of the sashes, as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 1st day of April, 187]..

JAMES F. RICKEL.

Witnesses G. W. FORD, H. J. WATTLEs.

